Articles filed under Illinois
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Ex tollway chair: No ownership, pay for Wheeling Station dealAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois tollway chairman John Mitola said Sunday he didn't publicly disclose a Wheeling development deal with a construction company because he wasn't making mon...
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Autopsy set on remains of infants found in trunkAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Autopsies are planned on the skeletal remains of two infants found in the trunk of a car at a northern Illinois impound lot last week. Winnebago County Sheriff Richard M...
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Gamblers needed to bankroll state's construction planAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - With one of the state's most-populated counties saying "no" to video gambling and others considering similar prohibitions, it prompts the question of what ...
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Town by town, critics fight video poker in IllinoisAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Critics of legalized video poker hope they're on the verge of turning a handful of victories into an avalanche of opposition that will keep gambling from e...
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Bus ridership strong in RockfordAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - ROCKFORD -- More people have been riding buses in Rockford than ever. Rockford Mass Transit District says ridership was up for the fourth-straight fiscal year. It's reac...
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U. of I. investigates 5 weekend firesAug 16, 2009 11:00 pm - CHAMPAIGN -- Police from the University of Illinois and the city of Champaign are stepping up campus patrols after a series of weekend fires. In an e-mail to faculty and...
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Court asked to review ruling in Ill. assault caseAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Prosecutors are urging the Illinois Supreme Court to review an appeals court ruling that overturned a former Peoria attorney's sexual assault conviction. The 3...
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Truck speed limit increases on major highwaysAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a new law increasing the speed limit for large trucks on major highways in Illinois outside the six-county Chicago area to 65 mph. Under the b...
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Quinn not saying what he'll do about trusteesAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Pat Quinn still isn't saying what exactly he will do if the six remaining University of Illinois trustees don't heed his call to resign. Quinn first urged the trust...
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Toll Authority was ready to forgive millions oasis operator owed itAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Gov. Rod Blagojevich's tollway executives were ready to give millions of dollars in breaks to the failing operator of the glass-lined oases until the attorney general sq...